1909/10/16: THE DANGER IN SPAIN.
In the execution of FERRER, after a secret trial by court-martial the Spanish authorities have doubtless committed a political blunder. The innocence or guilt of the man has nothing to do with that aspect of the case. The obje...
1937/04/12: That no simple civil war of two Spains, Leftists and Rightists, is being fought, made itself clear again last week as some other Spains became active afresh, notably the Basques and the Catalonians. These regions are violently separatist, even when S...
1529/09/06: Llega la noticia de la paz ajustada entre Cárlos I de España, el emperador y Francisco I de Francia.News arrives of the peace treaty between Charles I of Spain, the emperor, and Francis I of France....
1493/05/01: In one of his epistles, dated Barcelona, May 1st, 1493, and addressed to C. Borromeo, [Peter Martyr] says : « Within these few days a certain Christopher Columbus has arrived from the western antipodes ; a man of Liguria, whom rny sovereigns reluctan...
1977/09/11: Massive, but peaceful, demonstrations on 1977-09-11 assembled over a million people in the streets of Barcelona to call for the restoration of Catalan autonomy. This was granted less than a month later....